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Anti-Woke 0

Montage of pictures of Donald Trump asleep at public events captioned the

All those complaints about “Sleep Joe”–little more than psychological projection.

Via Balloon Juice.

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Park Dangers 0

Mary Trump reports on the damage that the Trump maladministration’s government shutdown in doing to America’s national parks.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Writing at The Sacramento Bee, Jonathan van Harmelen hears a rhyme. Here’s one brief couplet (emphasis added):

As I spent that week in D.C. reviewing government records, I reflected on the parallels between the past and present. Today, the same failures to protect the rights of Japanese Americans and safeguard American civil liberties, such as the acceptance of racial profiling as government policy, are happening again under the Trump Administration.

Follow the link for the rest of the verses.

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*Mark Twain.

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The Rule(s) of Lawless 0

Corner of Monopoly board showing a

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American Stasi 0

Apparently, if ICE arrests the wrong persons because of mistaken identity, they just get to keep them anyway, because they can.

Welcome to the rule of lawless.

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As Ye Sow . . . . 0

Florida Man.

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QOTD 0

Kurt Vonnegut:

There is never a shortage anywhere of lawyers eager to attack the First Amendment, as though it were nothing more than a clause in a lease from a crooked slumlord.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Facebook Frolics 0

Profits before people frolics:

Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.

Details at the link.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

AL.com’s Kyle Whitmire hears a rhyme echoing over time:

Nero is tuning his fiddle. Can you hear him?

Follow the link for his parsing of the poesy.

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*Mark Twain.

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American Stasi 0

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Or Not To Reevaluate? 0

My old Philly DL friend Noz thinks he has figured out why the Trump maladministration is so determined to end SNAP benefits.

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To Reevaluate? 0

republican Elephand holding sign reading

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Pancake Battery 0

Florida Man.

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QOTD 0

T. E. Lawrence:

To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one’s tail.

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A Tune for the Times 0

(Warning: Short commercial at about the two-minute mark.)

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The Chaos Agent 0

Thom Hartman asks a question which, I fear, is far from hypothetical in these Trumpled times::

If you or I were hired by Vladimir Putin, an angry group of billionaires who want to end democracy, or a wealthy serial killer, and our orders were to tear our country apart and make us vulnerable to foreign takeover, what would we do? What steps would we take?

Follow the link for his answer.

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The Feckless Driver 0

Mountain road with an exit labeled

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The Emoluments Ballroom 0

Farron follows the money.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

Title:  The Big Shtick.  Image:  Donald Trump wades through water towing a naval vessel and threatening fishermen with a club labeled,

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